James Chamberlain's guest appearances

James Chamberlain

Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast

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Alfie Bown

Simone Kolysh

Joanna Steinhardt

Eugene Thacker

James Padilioni

Mary Hawkesworth

Charles Mills

Amy Allen

Anna L. Tsing

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

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James Livingston

In this episode, we talk to James Livingston about his book No More Work: Why Full Employment is a Bad Idea, a pithy polemic that questions some of the underlying assumptions about work held by both the Left and the Right. Among other topics we discuss why politicians and policy makers are wrong to see full employment as a panacea, the problems with romanticizing craft and craftsmanship, and the potential and pitfalls of distributing wealth based on need rather than what individuals produce. James Livingston teaches history at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.  He’s written six books on topics from the Federal Reserve to Disney animation. He is now writing “The Intellectual Earthquake: How Pragmatism Changed the World, 1898-2010,” and “What Was Social Theory?” He is also the founding editor of Politics/Letters. 

In this episode, we talk to James Livingston about his book <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781469630656" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No More Work: Why Full Employment is a Bad Idea</a>, a pithy polemic that questions some of the underlying assumptions about work held by both the Left and the Right. Among other topics we discuss why politicians and policy makers are wrong to see full employment as a panacea, the problems with romanticizing craft and craftsmanship, and the potential and pitfalls of distributing wealth based on need rather than what individuals produce. James Livingston teaches history at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.  He’s written six books on topics from the Federal Reserve to Disney animation. He is now writing “The Intellectual Earthquake: How Pragmatism Changed the World, 1898-2010,” and “What Was Social Theory?” He is also the founding editor of <a href="http://politicsslashletters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Politics/Letters</a>.

The Terrible Consequences of Solving the Economic Problem: A Conversation with James Livingston

In this episode, James A. Chamberlain (Political Science, Mississippi State) joins John to discuss his recent book, Undoing Work, Rethinking Community: A Critique of the Social Function of Work. After situating the book in relation to recent political theory literature on work and labor, they delve into the way work society–and even some radical post-work thinkers–define work as the criteria for inclusion into society, and how this implicates specific kinds of social ontologies and notions of community. From there, they discuss Universal Basic Income and job guarantees, the gendering and racialization of labor, rethinking academic work, and how critiques of work interface with questions of borders and migration. Support us on Patreon to help us upgrade our recording equipment and provide episode transcripts — plus, you may have the chance to jump your request to the top of the request queue. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow us on Twitter. Like our Facebook page. RSS feed here. We are part of the Critical Mediations network. Thanks to Bad Infinity for the intro music, and always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click here. https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/chamberlain.mp3

In this episode, <a href="http://jameschamberlain.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James A. Chamberlain</a> (Political Science, Mississippi State) joins John to discuss his recent book, <a href="http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100864740" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Undoing Work, Rethinking Community: A Critique of the Social Function of Work</a>. After situating the book in relation to recent political theory literature on work and labor, they delve into the way work society–and even some radical post-work thinkers–define work as the criteria for inclusion into society, and how this implicates specific kinds of social ontologies and notions of community. From there, they discuss Universal Basic Income and job guarantees, the gendering and racialization of labor, rethinking academic work, and how critiques of work interface with questions of borders and migration. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaysalreadypodcast?ty=h" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support us on Patreon</a> to help us upgrade our recording equipment and provide episode transcripts — plus, you may have the chance to jump your request to the top of the request queue. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-already-podcast-episodes/id879272845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on iTunes</a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/AlwaysAlreadyOn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>. RSS feed <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. We are part of the <a href="https://www.critmediations.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Critical Mediations</a> network. Thanks to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/badinfinity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Infinity</a> for the intro music, and always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/chamberlain.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/chamberlain.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/chamberlain.mp3</a>

Interview: James Chamberlain on Undoing Work, Rethinking Community – Epistemic Unruliness 23